Show Ji r I j Warriors Defeat e eat Outlaws ut aws C C M i y y i 9 w r 0 i 1 lp c ca a Photo By Justin McBride By Arthur Staff Writer The Utah Warriors indoor football football football foot foot- ball team defeated last years National Indoor Football League championship up runner-up 55 46 Saturday night at the E center in inan inan inan an all White effort A Billings Outlaw yard 33 touchdown touchdown touchdown touch touch- down strike from Albert Higgs to wide-open wide receiver Bryan Meier opened the game setting the tone for what looked like a rout of Utah's expansion team Fortunately the Warriors Warrior's were tone-deaf tone and ignored the defensive defensive defensive sive miscue by burning the success success success suc suc- cess from the March 1st 1 st exhibition exhibition exhibition tion game into expectation with Danny Ragsdale's yard ten-yard pass to Emmett White The Warriors Warrior's stingy defense took over from there and shut shutdown shutdown shutdown down the Outlaws Outlaw's offense r. r through two more Warrior touch touch- downs With the Outlaws down 6 21 and facing the closing minutes of the first half they began their next scoring campaign with a seven-play seven yard 30 effort The touchdown came from Higgs' Higgs quarterback sneak The ensuing two-point two conversion effort failed and the score remained a 0 dismal 12 points for the outlaws through the half Another Ragsdale touchdown touchdown touchdown touch touch- down pass to receiver Jason Quinn began the third quarter endearing the plus fans in attendance to what looked to be another Warrior crushing However facing a point 23 deficit the Outlaws lit up the third quarter with a point 28 performance performance performance per per- accentuated with a 27 yard interception returned for a touchdown The Outlaws pulled to within 2 points down 46 48 with 11 1106 06 left to play in the fourth quarter when the Warriors erased a victory victo victo- ry from the Outlaws books with White out A yard 22 touchdown strike to Emmett White from Ragsdale and an interception by Garrett White on the yard five-yard line was all she wrote for the first Outlaw visit to the E center Emmett is just talented Emmett is so talented he needs a bigger field he has so many moves In here hes he's a little con con- fined To be in here and have to wiggle around is a little more difficult difficult difficult dif dif- dif dif- on him Said Coach Lee Leslie of Emmett Whites White's offensive offensive offensive offen offen- sive performance Ragsdale finished with six touchdowns touchdowns touchdowns touch touch- downs on the night for yards passing Emmett White had seven catches for of those yards and three touchdowns Garrett White finished with 2 2 interceptions and the highlight of the game |